[INP3] Haptic Technologies (1)

[INP3-1(Invited)] Widespread Hapbeat: Tension Based Necklace Type Haptic Display

*Yusuke Yamazaki¹, Hironori Mitake¹, Akihiko Shirai², Shoichi Hasegawa¹ (1. Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), 2. GREE, Inc. (Japan))

Keywords:Haptic Display, Wearable Device, Hapbeat, Music Listening, Virtual Reality

Hapbeat is a wearable haptic device which can easily enhance the immersion of digital contents such as VR, gaming, music, movie, etc. In this paper, I explain a basic mechanism of Hapbeat and a series of challenges to widespread it into the public.